STATE BOARD OF FISHERIES AND GAME 
 
 
THOMAS H. BECK. WILTON. CHAIRMAN 
WILLIAM A. TRUE. WEST HARTFORD 
CHARLES F. GRIFFIN. BLOOMFIELD 
 
 
JOHN W. TITCOMB. SUPERINTENDENT 
MILDRED K. BARTLE. SECRETARY 
 
 
   STATE BOARD OF          STATE OF CONNECTICUT 
   FISHERIES AND GAME 
 STATE CAPITOL. HARTFORD 
 
                                       HARTFORD 
 
                                       December 11, 1931 
 
 
 
 
        Mr. Aldo Leopold, Chairman, 
        Game Policy Committee 
        905 University Avenue 
        Madison, Wisconsin 
 
 
 
        Dear Mr. Leopold: 
 
                          I have Just run across the relase of 
        H. J. Metoalf for Dec. 3rd in which the first item re- 
        counts about the hunters reporting on the pheasant sea- 
        son. This is interesting data which you secured through 
        the canvass of sportsmen and farmers. 
 
                   I see no reason why we could not distribute 
        blanks next season among some of the leading sportsmen in 
        each county through the medium of the clubs, as well as to 
        individuals whom we know do considerable hunting, and by 
        that means get quite a lot of facts. Of course we do not 
        have an open season such as they had in Iowa with the 
        shooting of hen pheasants; but while we had, generally 
        speaking, good pheasant shooting and quail shooting in cer- 
        tain counties, we now and then get reports from persistent 
        hunters who claim that they saw very few birds in certain 
        sections - we knowing they were equally stocked as in other 
        portions of the State. 
 
                  I often wonder if we have reached the saturation 
        point with our stocking activities in some sections or 
        whether food conditions are not as favorable as they were 
        in some sections. For two seasons ruunnig we have had ad- 
        verse reports from one particular section, which interests 
        me if reports are true. 
 
                  Could you send me a copy of the blank form which 
        you distributed in order to get that valuable information? 
 
                  I wish we could have you over here for an inves- 
        tigation similar to the surveys you have made in some other 
        parts of the country. 
 
                  With kindest regards 
 
JWT:JFB                      Very truly yours,            Superintendent